Putin is behind one of the most expensive parks in the world — take a look

As Moscow's oldest neighborhood outside the Kremlin, Zaryadye has
seen many changes in the last eight centuries. It has served as
the home of 16th century aristocrats, a Jewish enclave in the
19th century, a scrapped plan to build Moscow's tallest
skyscraper, and the world's largest (and now demolished) hotel.

In 2006, the hotel, called Rossiya, was bulldozed, and the site
remained mostly abandoned for years.

But after Russian President Vladmir Putin walked around the area
in 2012, he enlisted the city's mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, to help
turn the grounds into a massive park. It opened in November 2017,
though a glass concert hall that's part of the new park is still
under construction.

It also includes a restaurant, a market, an open-air museum with multimedia exhibits of Moscow’s history, an outdoor amphitheater that can seat 5,000 people ...

... as well as what the architects call four "micro-climates." The microclimates — called tundra, steppe, forest, and marsh — each include a different view of the nearby Kremlin.

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A large glass concert hall will open in spring 2018.

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As one of the world's most expensive parks, the project has faced criticism from residents and local politicians about its cost. Some argue that the park only benefits a small part of central Moscow, while several post-Soviet suburbs are in need of serious redevelopment.